Sunday, 29 March 2015

Test cricket coming soon!

Time passes quickly and since I last wrote anything on here
the World cup has gone to form. The
final four teams that contested the semi-finals were South Africa, India, New
Zealand and Australia with the co-hosts making it through to the final.

England as expected lost to Bangladesh and crashed out at
the group stage. The ODI game has
changed dramatically in recent years and England haven’t changed with it. Where England push singles the top teams are
smashing boundaries, with our approach to the game we can only hope to be
anything like competitive on home soil.

The final was an anti-climax. NZ started shakily with the bat but progressed
to 150-3 then collapsed 183 all out. Aus
won at a canter by seven wickets with 101 balls remaining. As a passionate England supporter it’s tough
watching Australia being presented with the world cup. It was made 1000 times worse by the
grovelling Englishman holding the microphone.
Mark Nicholas was nothing more than an honest county pro but has always
been a sickening, plum gobbed wanker in the commentary box.

At least now we have some real cricket to look forward
to. England play a test series against
the West Indies with the tests beginning in Antigua on 13th April. This series is crucial and England must win
well to gain some momentum going into the summer. England will have their eyes on the Ashes
series later in the year but before then we face New Zealand who are not to be
over looked and are definitely capable of winning.

Thought for the week, Lewis Hamilton must surely be a multi-millionaire
so why can’t he get himself a hat that actually fits?

News this week was dominated by the pilot that deliberately
crashed a plane full of people.
Shocking, tragic & senseless.
Strikes me as an adult version of taking a gun to school. Oh apparently there’s some political bollocks
beginning soon.

I found an Ian Rankin title that I hadn’t read so bought it
assuming it would be a Rebus novel. It
wasn’t, I was disappointed for a second but remembered reading other ‘non
Rebus’ books that were bloody good.
“Bleeding Hearts” tells of an assassin who you can’t help liking. After a hit Michael Weston (or is it?) feels
he’s been set up and back tracks to find out what happened. With enemies closing in on all sides he
doesn’t realise just how set up he has been!
It’s a pretty good thriller and I enjoyed it but not as gripping as you
know who.